Li Gang listened to Political Commissar Ma and Chief of Staff Zhou Peng, and kept asking him to transfer the first battalion of the general reserve, and at this critical moment when the battlefield situation was very tense, he thought that if Regiment Commander Lei was in command of the operation, he would not expose all his troops to face the devils who were frantically attacking, but would preserve his strength and use the reserve force on the blade at the most dangerous time.

He regained his confidence, did not blindly obey, did not lose his nervousness, he calmed down, holding the machine gun while strafing the enemy who had attacked the forward position, while thinking bitterly.

He thought once again that if the Commander of the Thunder Sword Regiment commanded this huge battle, would he desperately press all his troops to the forward position?

The sky was already bright, Li Gang found that the southern slope of the north mountain of the military city had been occupied by a large number of Japanese troops, this was a large elite army of nearly 10,000 Japanese troops, with half of the troops to encircle and suppress the only regiment that held the position in the north mountain, the south slope of the north mountain was full of little devils, and there were still groups of devils in the enemy camp under the mountain on standby, he couldn't help but tremble and fight a cold war.

He resolutely ordered loudly: "Chief of Staff Zhou Peng, you lead the second battalion on the right flank, you must hold your position, if the position is broken through by the enemy, you must take it back for me at all costs, do you hear?" ”

"Acting Commander Li, the second battalion has suffered heavy casualties, and the soldiers who can hold their positions are already desperate, if they don't ...... the first battalion."

Ma Mingshan also shouted with some dissatisfaction at this time: "Acting Commander Li, you can't be so stubborn, quickly pull the first battalion up, or it will be too late." ”

Li Gang scolded angrily: "Bastard, how many little devils do you see on the hillside and under the mountain? When the commander of the enemy, the commander of the Katayama Brigade, finds out the overall strength and firepower deployment of our only regiment, and will at all costs order all troops to attack the position of our only regiment at the same time. ”

"Stubborn, isn't there still a cavalry battalion and the fifth regiment as a general reserve? Acting Commander Li, quickly give the order to transfer a battalion to reinforcements. Zhou Peng shouted almost frantically.

Li Gang replied firmly: "You all listen to me, my only regiment and the fifth regiment were ordered to block the enemy's attack in the military city, not only to block the attack, but to win precious time for the transfer for the Jinchaji Military Region to be close to the headquarters of Chengnanzhuang, and the only regiment and the fifth regiment held their positions in Beishan, for a day, two days or several hours, who can judge?" It is necessary to get an order from the military district command to retreat, and before the order is issued, even if the last man fights, he must not withdraw from his position, and the general reserve is the last force holding the Beishan position, and it cannot be moved now. ”

Zhou Peng looked at Li Gang unreasonable, and he roared again: "Acting Leader Li, you are so stubborn, you will completely destroy the only group." ”

"Bastard, you're still talking nonsense to me here, you open your eyes and look carefully at the bottom of the mountain, nearly half of the Japanese army has not yet started to move, once the enemy is all pressed up, we have no reserves to reinforce, what should we do? Now to contain and confuse the enemy, just to better complete the task and cover the transfer of the organs of the military region, don't you understand? ”

At this moment, Zhang Ping of the Electrical Investigation Department ran to Li Gang and reported: "Report to Acting Regiment Commander Li, Commander Nie of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, and ask you to immediately report on the progress of the North Mountain Resistance Battle in the Military City." ”

Li Gang held the machine gun and kept pulling the trigger to strafe the attacking enemy, he listened to Zhang Ping's report, Commander Nie inquired about the battle situation of Beishan to block the enemy, he took advantage of the time to change the machine gun bridge clamp, lying on the position trench and said quickly: "Report to Commander Nie, the Japanese army has launched an attack on our position with nearly 10,000 people, and my only regiment is fighting stubbornly with the enemy, and at this time there is still a battalion and the fifth regiment as the general reserve, which have not been put into battle, please rest assured that the commander will ensure that the task of blocking the enemy is completed." ”

Ma Mingshan and Zhou Peng heard Lei Gang's report and were just about to add, when Li Gang suddenly stood up again, holding a machine gun and spitting tongues of fire, sweeping towards the attacking enemy.

Five minutes later, Zhang Ping reported again: "Report to Regiment Commander Li, Commander Nie ordered Li Gang to be the commander of the only regiment and command the fifth regiment, which must complete the task of blocking the enemy, cover the military region organs to lead the second, third, and sixth regiments, jump out of the encirclement of the enemy's 26th independent mixed brigade that has approached Chengnanzhuang, and hold the Beishan position, and the only regiment and the fifth regiment must not retreat without orders." ”

Li Gang did not expect that at the critical juncture of the fierce war, the head of the military region appointed him as the commander of the only regiment and ordered the fifth regiment to be under his command.

He looked at Political Commissar Ma Mingshan and Chief of Staff Zhou Peng, staring at him with surprised eyes, Li Gang shook his head and said: "I didn't expect this, now I am temporarily in command for the commander of Lei Jian, and Commander Lei ordered Zhou Peng to return to the right flank position immediately, lead the second battalion to block the attacking enemy, and must hold the position."

He ordered Ma Mingshan, the political commissar, to lead the organs and departments directly under the regiment, take the seriously wounded, and immediately move along the Taihang Mountain Range in the north of the military city to the deep mountains. ”

He watched Ma Mingshan and Zhou Peng turn around to carry out the order, and then he ordered Zhang Ping: "Immediately order the battalion commander Ma Ming, who is back to the west mountain of the military city, to hide close to the Japanese camp at the bottom of the mountain, and launch the most fierce sneak attack. ”

Ma Mingshan rushed out not far away, immediately returned again, and said to Zhang Ping: "Director Zhang, you immediately take the appointment telegram sent by Commander Nie of the Military Region and read it to all battalions and the Fifth Regiment, and pass on my order. ”

Li Gang heard that Political Commissar Ma Mingshan ran out, braved the rain of bullets and bullets to turn back, added new orders to all units of the One Regiment, and conveyed Commander Nie's message to the Fifth Regiment, he nodded gratefully and said: "Political Commissar Ma, you are a very good political commissar, I, Li Gang, command the battle with you, I have the bottom in my heart, thank you." ”

"Commander Li, if Commander Lei Jian is still alive, he will be very happy to hear that you have been promoted to the sole regiment leader, the battle is very tragic, Commander Li take care."

Li Gang watched Ma Mingshan's back gradually fade away, his eyes couldn't help but blur, he turned around, wiped away his tears violently, and swept towards the attacking enemy again with a machine gun.

With 5,000 troops, the Japanese army launched an attack on the position of the only regiment, and its momentum was huge and the firepower was fierce, and it was the first time that the only regiment faced such a ferocious and crazy enemy attack since its establishment.

The commander of the Katayama Brigade of the Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade, standing on a motorcycle at the bottom of the mountain, kept scanning the position of the Eighth Route Army in Beishan with a telescope, suddenly jumped out of the car, and laughed with contempt: "A regiment of the Eighth Route of the Earth is blocking the attack of our Imperial Japanese Army on the mountain peak, and there is no need for me to invest troops again, I can completely break through the entrenched position of the Eighth Route of the Earth in one go, hahaha." ”

Chief of Staff Inada put down his binoculars, took a step closer to the commander of the Katayama Brigade, and said complimentarily: "Katayama-kun, with his superior forces, should be able to eliminate the Tuba Road of the mountain peak position within half an hour, and soon clear the passage to Chengnanzhuang and Fuping, and join the 26th Brigade to eliminate the Tuba Road entrenched in the Beiyue District." ”

"What the chief of staff said is reasonable, the 26th Brigade of our Imperial Japanese Army, which is rapidly approaching Fuping from Lingqiu and Yangquan, has already exchanged fire with the garrison of the Jinchaji Military Region of the Eighth Route Army in Chengnanzhuang, and at this time a situation of encirclement has already been formed, and if our Fourth Brigade can break through the position of the Eighth Route Army in Beishan in a very short period of time, it will soon join up with the 26th Brigade and Regiment, and the strongholds of the Eighth Route Army in Chengnanzhuang and Fuping will become the pockets of the Imperial Japanese Army."

The commander of the Katayama Brigade was not arrogantly boasting, the number of troops used by the Japanese army, the strength of the weapons, and the speed of the attack were completely unexpected by the commander of the Eighth Route Army.

Commander Nie of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, standing in the Chengnanzhuang War Room, received telegrams from the commanders of the combat units on the outside line from time to time, and each telegram reported that the battle with the Japanese army was fierce, and the battlefield situation was not optimistic.

Commander Nie frowned, and the pencil in his hand drew a stroke on the map from time to time, the front is urgent, the military region organs are in danger, and they must immediately make action orders.

He looked at Staff Officer Tang beside him and asked, "How is the situation of the Duyi Regiment and the Fifth Regiment in the North Mountain of the Military City?" ”

"Report to Commander Nie, the commander of the only regiment Li Gang called, the fourth brigade of the Japanese army is attacking the position of the only regiment in Beishan with 5,000 troops, and half of the troops are feint at the bottom of the mountain, and the only regiment has put three battalions into the position to block the position, and the frontal and flank positions have been broken through by the Japanese army many times, and they are still in the hands of the only regiment at this time."

Staff Officer Tang looked at Commander Nie's solemn expression and had to say again: "Commander Nie, Commander Li Gang of the One Regiment, why don't you transfer the cavalry battalion and the first battalion, as well as the fifth regiment that is being repaired behind Beishan, to the front line to fight?" Once the position is breached, Seongnamzhuang will be in danger. ”

After listening to what Staff Officer Tang said, Commander Nie nodded with satisfaction and said: "Li Gang was appointed as the commander of the only regiment in danger, and directly commanded the fifth regiment to fight. ”

(End of chapter)